Mop-cleaning device



Jaii. 13, 1931. A. s. POWELL L 844 MOP CLEANING DEVICE Filed March so.1929 INVENTOR ATTORN EY o 3.133.11 S'fEPl WSCN POwELn FIIQOR A FAB-Y'K"NEW iogmlsgmfi 01" To ST 1 V PRODUCTS GORP RATION, on NEW YQRK, EJ O I Y P: I i v i I mor-cLnAnInq-nnvicni v e YAppfication filed wereso; 1929; seri l no.1.351 ,214. f

'In theuse ofmops for dry-mopping hard wood floors and the like,adistinct problem resides in the fact that the dust is in woollikeformationandadheres tenaciously to the 5 strands of the mop. ;Vigorousshaking of the w mop will not entire ly free it from the matteddu'stparticle's: A commo'n' practice has been for the housewife to shakethe mop out of the window anda further'object oif'the' inven- 1e tion isto render it unnecessary to use-such an expedient-and at the" same timeto thoroughly cleanse the mop by reciprocation in'a closed chamber and"to receive the dust particlesin vsaid chamber. V I r f An Object of theinventionzis to provide a" casing withmeans for, holding the ymop so Ythat the handlewill extend, upwardly, and

-e I with a series of membersextending trans- --v-verselyoof:the casingand within the same, the.

ii series of members extending at an inclina-.

tion, fromside to side of'the casing,"s0 that J thetendencyofthe' mop isto rest somewhat onsa'id members whereby when the mop is jreciprocatedup and down, the said members fi will en-gagewith the mop strands, whichen p gagement isfacilitated and eased by reason ofithe tendency of theheadiof the mop t'o partially rest-upon the said members. Other,

5, objects are to generally improve devices for cleaning mopssothat theyare efiicient in serviceduring an up and down reciprocation of themop,

.The invention will be described with referfence to the accompanyingdrawings, in which 7 7 i 1 v Figure '1 is aefront elevation ofanembodimentof the invention, and I V nFignre 2 is a sideelevationthereof in sec- -'tion; V 40 Figure 3 is a view in elevation of thecleansing grille, and

Figure 4 1s a plan view of the structnre I shown in Figs 1 and '2;

: Referring to the drawings it will be seen thatthe 'dev'icecomprisesacasing Awhi v is preferably made of metal. The casingis, v providedwith a coverl hinged to thef nain Lbodyof the casing by the hinges 2.

preferably formedlrof Wire and a transverse V inwardly projectingfholding, member a rfor. the cover and'afcammember 'biexte'nding 7above the member (1. By grasping the mem her 6 andmovi'ng itjontward-thecover fi iy f Vbe raised. Thereaiter the cover may be jclosed by simpledownwardmovementf there; i r or, In such movement the front edge of the?cover will engage thecam member b and force; 1 it OHt ardIynntil membera ,springs overi the edgeaand latches thecoverjin. position. 7

Within the casing and preferablyfezitend-f ing its full heightat anangle from the upper portion of the front vvall l'mtothelowerpor tion ofthe rearj'w'all lmis'a removable cleans- 1 ing grille, the grille-beingshown in detailin Fig. 3. 'The grillecomprisesside members series ofspaced zig-zag' wires l arranged in serieseajch of- ;;two' wires. Neartheir lower; I ends eachwireii 'isbent'outwardly and thence I downwardlyL and at 'snch bent "portions the;

wires arfe' -connectd by the straight wires*5 to which afi'or'dfa restorstop forthemop and I serve to'hold it elevated abovethe dustwhichaccnm'n'lates' inthe base ofthe casingAg i 7 If desired the lowerendsfof wires' 3 ay-be connected by a base hori zontal'wi re 6. The, 65'grille issnpported by "the' bottom ofthe cas Cover 1' is formedacentrally dis{- posed apertnre'7-throngh which the handle of themoplmay project, as shown in Fig. '2, 70

the handlebeing'indic'ated at 7wand the'mopj proper at 8; The aperture?is located inthe' f cover at, a place adjoininglthe sidewall 1am;

VThe fr'ontwallfof the casing A hassecuredfl 7' thereto bythe headedrivets 9 'aspring'cat'ch for thecover. This catch, in the embodiment;

ShOWIncOHIPI'iSBS-a spring iwiremember bent" 5- in the manner shownin'Figs; l'and 2 soth'fat the upper portion of the catch pro videsanf Whenthis is done'handle l0lfwillvb o o erative for liftingthedevice'and carying from place to place. V 1

" In the present-embodiment ofthe' i'nvention T the-catch "deviceab-oveqdescribed, made of wirefis i'o-rm'ed a t itsibase' as "afootrest,as

will be seen byfreferen'c'e to Figsrl, 2 and 4' of medralwingsg While lhavesho wn the'cro ss wircs of, the grille ofZig-zagkformationandiarrangedt, in se1iestWevvireswith the vesha ped 9?;

so? i portions of the wires connected, as by weldapart by the zigzagformation of the back and forth ing, my device is operative when thewires 4 are made straight and similar to the wires 5, or are bent out ofthe straight in formations other than the zig-zag formation.

in the. operationo1 the device the cover 1 is raised and the mopinserted withinthe ing so that the strands 8% wi lie upon i"- grille.When the mop is .reci seated strands will pass throughthe grille and whe alternately. press-edtogether and spread 4. then the grille is formedof-str-j mop will cause the strands of the mop o be bent back and forthand there will he further Wiping act-ion by the s so th the mop will befreed from the this the matted particles, which dust will ta gift a:

down to the. bottom of the. casing. I prefer,

however, that the Wires zigzag formation since be arranged in the adfinlto the ioven en r and reverse thereto there will he hack and forthinoveme t in a transverse. direction and reverse.

'The mp1 aperture 7 is located abo upperfend ofthexgrille, this inclinaaisv "i 7 from the outer portion of the aperture towards the oppositewall of the casing. result of this disposition of the aperture a; thegrille is that gravity naturally caus the head of. the mop to rest, ortend to rest, on

eitherone of the transverse wires of the grille, and this assist-sineasing the up and down movements of the mop in cleaning its strands orfibres from dust or the like.

It will be understood that various modifi cations may be made'in theform and arrange "ment of the elements forming the embodi-i.

handle extending upwardly, a grille extending upwardly in the casing,and a. stop located at-the lower endot the grille and supportedahove'the bottom of the casing and on which the casing, and

dew v-Jerdly for the height a an angle relatively to the vertical, theWires, the reciprocating novernent the.

' 'SlLaHCG above the base of the ease' comprising spaced cleaning T ngtransversely :of the. casing y "paced apart tosupport the 7 andextendingthrough the t and the cov of the casing having anaperturelwhich is disposed adjacent such posed"within-the casingiromsideto' side thereof, and extending site side wall and having means tosupport acleaning grille disposed.

opposite side wall, tor receiving the-mop handle;

n to nnonywhereof, I have signed my c to LillS specification.

, eann srnrnnnson POWELL.-

inentill'ustrated in the drawings Without departing from the spirit ofthe; invention.

ters Patent is as folows l. A device for cleaning mops comprising 7 themop when the mop .reciprocated within the casing, for the removal ofdust therefrom. 2. A device for cleaning mops, comprising a'c'asingadaptedto receive the. mop-with its handle extendin upwardly,a grilleeX- tending upwardly inthecasing, a. stop located on the lower end ofthe grille and extending between the gr lle andanad acent side wall.

of the .casing,'and means located to one side of and below the stop forabutment against said side-wall. I

A device for cleaning mops, comprising a casing afdaptedfto receive themopwithfits hat I claim and desire to. secure by Let-

